The Reminder

Title: The Reminder Artist: Feist Date: 2007 Style: Indie rock Mood: Pensive, thoughtful, contemplative, melancholy Good for: Long drives on the Trans-Canada highway So this is the album of the 1234 fame. I think everyone should listen through the album at least once since it’s so well-known. Although for me, I found the content of [...]

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Let it die

Title: Let it die Artist: Feist Date: 2004 Style — Indie rock Mood — melancholy, earnest, bittersweet Good for  — getting a feel for Feist in her pre- 1234 days, but for the most part I found that this album was a bit too sad for me. On first listen, I got the feeling that Feist [...]

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Something Beautiful

Title: Something Beautiful Artist: Great Big Sea Date: 2004 Style? Alternative Rock, Indie, Celtic Rock, Folk Rock Mood? Upbeat, happy, hopeful, fun, at times irreverent What I learned? GBS is known for their interpretations of traditional Newfoundland sea shanties kicked up a notch with their own indie/rock twist. This album, however, is supposedly a departure [...]

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Hush

Cover of HushTitle: Hush Artist: Asobi Seksu Date: 2009 This is my first exposure to the genre of dream pop which is a form of alternative rock, so please forgive me if I don’t seem to know what I’m talking about. Basically, this reminds me a lot of new age music or a sort of [...]

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Leave This Town

Cover of Leave This TownTitle: Leave This Town Artist: Daughtry Date: 2009 This album starts out with almost a heavy metal electric guitar but then gets softer, almost country, at the end. Not sure why Daughtry didn’t win on American Idol, because he really is talented. Best tracks: Track 7: September – has a beautiful [...]

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